too funny... it's a b&w episode so everyone's imagination offers a different color.. i always thought blue & white because I used to own a '55 Chieftain 4-door, but it could really be any color.. a good book about ILL with color photos might offer the truth..

I've seen a color photo taken on the set that shows it was definitely two-tone light and dark green. A white car would probably have been too bright for the way they were filming in black and white (even the appliances in the Ricardos' kitchen were painted light blue rather than white).

My friend was recently in Florida at a classic car show, and this very car was there. It is un-restored and original as it was on I Love Lucy, and has photographs and information from the show on display as well. He was so excited to see this original car and it was great that they saved it as a memento of this episode.

This car was on auction in 2004, but the colors would have to be reversed.

"A 1955 Pontiac Star Chief convertible used in several episodes of the show "I Love Lucy" will be auctioned by Barrett-Jackson. In the show, the car belonged to Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), who used it to give driving lessons to his wife, Lucy (Lucille Ball, for those of you only recently emerging from a lifetime spent in a very deep cave). The car later performed on-camera in an episode that saw the Ricardos and their neighbors, the Mertzes -- extra points if you know who played them -- drive cross-country to California."

Lot: 405 - 1955 PONTIAC STAR CHIEF CONVERTIBLE
Auction: SCOTTSDALE 2004
Sale Price: *$50,600.00
Year: 1955
Make: PONTIAC
Model: STAR CHIEF
Style: CONVERTIBLE
Exterior Color: SILVER
Interior Color: BLACK
Summary: This was the TV Land "I Love Lucy" give-away car used in the show moving from New York to California.
Details: This was given away by TV LAND in Hollywood! It is fully restored as the car that appeared in the 4th season of I LOVE LUCY! Episode 109 titled - Lucy Learns to Drive. Preparing for their trip west, the Ricardo's buy a new car, and Lucy wants to drive it around the block. After giving her one driving lesson Ricky is a beaten man, but Lucy is so confident that she offers to teach Ethel Mertz how to drive. The result is a complete fiasco. (The 1955 Pontiac convertible seen in this and the following episodes was a part of a product placement deal with General Motors,) First aired January 3, 1955. The same car was used in the next 4 episodes as follows. Episode 110 titled - California Here We Come. First aired January 10th 1955, Episode 111 titled - First Stop. First aired January 10th 1955, Episode 112 titled - Tennessee Bound. First aired January 24th 1955, episode 113 titled- Ethel's Hometown, first aired January 31st 1955, and Episode 114 titled - LA at Last, First aired February 7th, 1955.
*Price Includes 10% Buyers Commission

I've seen a color photo taken on the set that shows it was definitely two-tone light and dark green. A white car would probably have been too bright for the way they were filming in black and white (even the appliances in the Ricardos' kitchen were painted light blue rather than white).

Episode 5.4, "Ricky Sells the Car," is about how Ricky chooses to sell the Pontiac he, Lucy, Fred and Ethel used to drive to California. This leaves Fred and Ethel thinking they're stranded so Fred buys this motorcycle. They show it off briefly before wrecking it off camera. I don't know the year or model but a Lucy fansite says it's a Harley. And it was already old when this episode first aired in the Fall of 1955.

Red & white? No kidding. Personally I always thought the "light" color looked a little too dark to be white, but then again GM used a lot of off-white, ivory shades in those days for their "white" cars and trucks.

"When Ricky and Lucy Ricardo (Desi Arnaz/Lucille Ball) take a cross country trip from New York to California on episode #110 "California, Here We Come" (January 10, 1955) they drive a red & white 1955 Pontiac convertible passenger car. It had 180 horse power and an automatic transmission."

This is an integrated commercial that ran one time in one spring 1957 episode, when Ford sponsored "I Love Lucy." Fred and Ethel sing a Ford jingle set to the tune of "Singing the Blues," and do a soft shoe number. It's here because it's an extra on the "Lucy" season 6 DVD set.

This is an integrated commercial that ran one time in one spring 1957 episode, when Ford sponsored "I Love Lucy." Lucy and Ricky appear in character as Lucy describes the retractable hardtop over the phone to Ricky. It's here because it's an extra on the "Lucy" season 6 DVD set.

I think sometimes, film crews will surround their "featured" car with their own, other cars in real traffic, as a form of traffic control, and this Studebaker may have been one of those cars. If that's the case, then this may be an alternate shot of the same car. Note that it has a sedan post: